+171 If a kid buys a computer all by himself or herself, the parents should have no right to snoop on it and tell the kid what he or she can and can't look at, amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

But the Internet is probably the parents'

by Anonymous 11 years ago

but the computer is not, what good is an internet connection without a machine to use it

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well let's say the parents have a car and their own keys. And the kid goes and makes his own copy of the keys. Is he allowed to drive the car now without permission?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That's kind of like saying, "I have my own car now, I can drive to strip clubs and other places my parents don't approve of if I want to."

by Anonymous 11 years ago

...Which is also true, if you do, in fact, own the car.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Depends how they got the money. If it's birthday money from Mommy and Daddy, they have every right to snoop.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If it's birthday money, it's not the parents money anymore. If they give you money and you buy a Batman DVD, they didn't buy you that Batman DVD; you bought it with money that was yours even if it didn't come from your paycheck.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's their child. Buying a computer doesn't release them from their protection and rules.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Unless they are paying the bill for the Internet then they still can I feel

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Just because you have the money to buy a computer doesn't mean you're mature enough to handle everything on the internet.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I paid for this car, so I can drunk drive now...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Breaking the law and putting lives in danger != going to unsavory websites.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Now that I have a computer, I can look up homemade bombs. There are extremes for everything.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You can't download a bomb, and there's nothing illegal about knowing how to make a bomb. If that's your plan, your parents have more to be concerned about than what websites you're visiting.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I know. They should still have a say in you not looking up how to make a bomb.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Again, nothing's wrong with knowing HOW to do something bad. You're not doing anything wrong until you USE that knowledge. Instead of telling you you can't go to a site that tells you how to build a bomb, your parents should be working on figuring out why you want to know that information.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I suppose that's true. If my kid was dropping hints about anything like that, I would probably check their history, though. I don't think I would straight up ask if they were actually planning on harming people.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If you're living in your parents home, they have a right to set rules for you.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Unless they're being unreasonable http://amirite.net/226575/1762235

by Anonymous 11 years ago

most parents set rules because they love their kids (not to sound cliche).. not a lot of parents set rules just because they want their kids to fell sheltered. my parents are very conservative, and i hated their rules. (they would not even let me watch tv). i was very rebellious and did things how i wanted. but i'm very thankful for them and how they wanted to protect me. in the old testiment kids would be stoned for disobeying their parents. the new testiment says you will have a long life if you listen to them.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That's crap. "My 13 year old just bought a 400 dollar computer with the debit card that was just set up for him attached to his bank account and now the horny little bastard sits there and looks at pornhub all day. I wish I could do something about it, but it's his so my hands are tied."

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well it's your fault for giving a 13 year old a debit card with that much access to the money.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

i laughed, then i realized thats basically what i did when i was 13, except the $400 was hard-earned and there was the added stipulation that the desktop had to be in the "computer room" in the main part of the house. so, being the ingenious horny 13 year old i was i functionally turned the computer room into my bedroom, like a boss.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Almost all children have a savings account made shortly after birth that grows through interest and gifts, and it's not unreasonable to set up a 13 year old with a debit card attached to that one and only savings account. That's when I first got mine

by Anonymous 11 years ago

But they shouldn't have unlimited access to all of the funds.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The minimum mine could be set at was spend 300 a day and withdraw 100 a day separately, that's why I used 400 as an example. The minimum the bank or my parents could possibly let me spend if they got me a debit card was 400

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If you don't think your kid is responsible enough to have that money, or responsible enough for whatever he/she could buy with that money, don't give him or her a debit card. Simple as that.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yes thank god our parents have 100% accurate guesses of who we are and what we will do at age 13. If only it were possible for a 13 year old to be immature and do something the parents didn't think they would, then we'd all be screwed

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The easy way around that is just to not give a 13 year old access to that much money. I didn't get a debit card until I went to college. If you give a teenager free rein of his or her money, you have no right to say what they can and can't spend it on, and if they buy a computer (that YOU allowed them to buy, because YOU allowed them to have access to the money for it), then your hands are, in fact, tied.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I got my first debit card at 13. I was responsible and careful and I never had a problem, I didn't abuse that trust. But if I had chosen to spend 400 dollars on marshmallows it's my parents right, even duty, to take the situation into their own hands. I don't see why putting trust in someone should mean that any abuse of that trust is just ignorable collateral damage

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's not abuse of trust. It's using the decision-making power you were given to make a bad decision, which 13-year-olds are liable to do. That's why I don't think it's a good idea, in most cases, to give a 13-year-old a debit card. They don't need it and are likely to waste money. I'm glad it worked out for you, but I tend to believe you're the exception.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well I can't really argue that, I haven't taken a poll on the history of 13 year old children with debit cards. In my bias opinion a debit card is trust that the 13 year old has until it's abused, if it's abused that trust is lost and the parents are in control again

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If I buy drugs with my own money, my parents don't have the right to stop me from doing them, amirite? we have parents for a reason. that child should be grateful he/she even has enough money to buy a computer. i barely have like 5 dollars in my wallet

by Anonymous 11 years ago

a computer isnt fucking drugs, moron.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Drugs are //illegal//. That makes a difference. And the child should be grateful because they (s)he had more money than you do? Why? The reason they would have that money would be because they saved it and were careful with their money.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I used drugs to compare it to a computer because both can put a person in danger if they aren't careful. Yes. Because not all families now a days have enough money to give to a child to buy a computer, even if it over time.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That makes more sense, but a computer is the lesser of two evils in that scenario by a long shot. Who says the parents even had to give them the money? They could have bought it with money they got from working. I understand what you mean, but I don't think they should be "grateful" for being able to buy a computer when they worked for it. If it was handed to them, then I could understand more.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Okay. That makes more sense. When I thought of kid, I thought more of 13/14 year old, an age a wee bit too young to get a decent paying job.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If you don't want your child using their computer for something bad or inappropriate, don't let them buy it. Or if you want to control the way your kid uses the computer, then either buy it for them or let them use the family computer. Too be honest, if my parents (I'm 14) asked to look at my Internet history, I would outright refuse. I'm not a rebellious teen or whatever, I just don't think my parents have the right to stick their nose into my online business. I'm not a little kid, I know not to talk to dodgy people and to avoid dodgy sites.

by Anonymous 11 years ago